Politics

• Monday, July 3rd 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Mercosur summit ready to kick off at Puerto Iguazu

  

  Presidents of all four Mercosur members (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay) will convene Monday in Puerto Iguazu in the Argentine northeastern province of Misiones for the 62nd bloc summit, also attended by dignitaries of the bloc's associate members.

• Monday, July 3rd 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  Opposition candidate wins gubernatorial elections in Argentine province of San Juan

  

  Marcelo Orrego of Unidos por San Juan (USJ) won Sunday's gubernatorial elections in the Argentine province of San Juan, it was reported. USJ is affiliated with the opposition Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) alliance at a national level. Peronist candidate José Luis Gioja of the Frente San Juan por Todos acknowledged defeat.

• Monday, July 3rd 2023 - 08:11 UTC

  Guterres says Haiti needs international help

  

  United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres Saturday called for international help to support local police efforts in crisis-torn Haiti.

• Monday, July 3rd 2023 - 07:49 UTC

  Paraguayan President recalls those kidnapped by guerrilla rebels

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez said Saturday in his last management report before Congress delivered virtually that his country was in debt with Óscar Denis, Edelio Morínigo, and Félix Urbieta, who has been kidnapped for years by various rebel groups.

• Monday, July 3rd 2023 - 07:25 UTC

  Guatemala highest court suspends election results and orders a new recount, EU, US, OAS complain

  

  Following complaints of irregularities from right-wing parties, Guatemala’s highest judicial court ordered the suspension of election results on Sunday triggering doubts about the election process and generating concern from the EU, US, and OAS.

• Monday, July 3rd 2023 - 07:08 UTC

  Orkney Islands councilor feels Scotland has failed them dreadfully and suggests joining Norway

  

  The Orkney Islands could change their status in the UK or even become a self-governing territory of Norway under new proposals. A motion will go before the council next week to investigate “alternative forms of governance”. Council leader James Stockan said Orkney does not get fair funding with its current relationship with the UK.

• Saturday, July 1st 2023 - 11:11 UTC

  EAAF identifies yet another body buried at Falkland/Malvinas Islands

  

  The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF) identified the remains of Coast Guard Corporal Jorge Eduardo López, a combatant killed in action on May 10, 1982, and who is buried in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, July 1st 2023 - 11:09 UTC

  Another prominent Venezuelan opposition leader banned from political life

  

  Venezuela's Comptroller General Friday announced opposition leader María Corina Machado had been disenfranchised for 15 years, thus rendering her ineligible to run in next year's presidential elections.

• Saturday, July 1st 2023 - 10:29 UTC

  Brazil's STF overturns “legitimate defense of honor” rationale

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Friday reached a decisive majority against the “legitimate defense of honor” argument filed by numerous counselors in femicides, it was reported. This rationale was particularly frequent in cases tried by a jury.

• Saturday, July 1st 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Former Uruguayan military officer convicted of 1977 murder of Communist militant

  

  Retired Uruguayan Colonel Eduardo Ferro was sentenced Monday to 21 years in jail for the July 21, 1977, disappearance and murder of Communist militant Óscar Tassino, it was reported in Montevideo.